Become a Friend

If you would like to be a Friend Against Scams you can attend a short awareness session in person or complete the online training.

After this session you will be asked to start taking action to "Take a Stand Against Scams". This could be by talking to your neighbours, friends or family about scams or writing to your local MP asking them to promote scams awareness action by delivering key messages to prevent people from being scammed. For more ideas of what you can do as a Friend, take a look at the 'Friends' Pledges' on the 'What is Friends Against Scams?' page.

To become a Friend Against Scams, either

or

I work for a bank and have just undertaken the online learning.
After completing the online learning, I was confident enough today to stop a
customer from losing money as she had been caught up in a Romance scam on the
Internet. It was a bit of a shock for her at first but she was relieved that
she hadn't lost her very hard earned money.